Broom-shield.



PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

B. P. GASQUE. BRooM SHIELD.

APPLIGATIONvIILBD JUNE 29. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

BROOlVl-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application led June 29, 1906. Serial No. 324,088.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BAKER F. GASQUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dillon, in the county of Marion and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel form of shield or guard for ordinary house brooms and designed to prolong the life of the article by preventing the straw or brush material constituting the broom, from being pulled out or loosened in the hard usage of the broom which soon destroys the usefulness of the article.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eifecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention applied to a broom. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shield or attachment alone, the movable sections thereof being thrown apart.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the numeral l designates a cap or body piece provided with an opening 2 centrally thereof` through which the handle 3 of the broom 4 may pass. The cap or body piece 1 is of somewhat cup-shape so that it will house the upper portion of the broom, fitting snugly thereover in an evident manner. Connected with the cap or body piece l of the attachment or shield comprising this invention, are cooperating sections 5 which are U- shaped plates adapted to engage the brush material of the broom at opposite portions and to embrace the upper portion of the broom at opposite sides. Each section 5 is formed with upwardly projecting ears 6 which have pivotal connection 7 with the lower portion of the cap or body piece l at opposite sides of the latter. The mounting of the sections 5 is such that they, when secured together, firmly compress the material from which the broom is made, and reinforce the broom in such a way that it will resist hard wear to a much greater degree than is the case when the broom material is merely secured together by the stitching usually employed to bind the same. However, the advantages for the use of the shield or attachment will be apparent without further elucidation.

To connect the sections 5 together in an adjustable manner, it is contemplated to attach a latch plate 8 to a side of each section 5, the latter being provided with a number of openings to receive a catch 9 pivotally connected with the adjacent side of the opposite section. The latch plate 8 and catch are similar in form to the fastenings usually employed on arctics and are of well known construction. By using the parts 8 and 9, however, an adjustable connection between the sections 5 is secured and this is advantageous as it admits of application of the shield or attachment to brooms of different sizes and furthermore admits of variation in the compression of the brush material by the use of the shield or attachment.

It will be observed that the outermost portion of each section 5 is provided with an opening or openings 10 through which fastenings l1 pass and enter the body of the broom or brush material to which the shield or attachment is secured.

It is contemplated-that the openings l() and fastenings 1l may or may not be used as desired, but when they are used, the attachment or the shield is somewhat more substantial and under certain conditions the increased substantiality of the means for securing the device to the broom is desirable.

The simplicity of the invention is very evident and it may be very cheaply constructed, thereby making its desirability as a commercial article assured.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a device of the class described, the combination of a cap piece of cup shape provided with a central opening to receive the handle of a broom, sections consisting of U-shaped plates the upper portions of which have pivotal connection at opposite sides with the cap piece above mentioned, and fastenings connecting the lower portions of the sections aforesaid as specified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BAKER F. GAsQUE.

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